Official festival teaser
Dragi Award – short documentary
Announcement and presentation of the "Dragi" 2023 awards
October 2nd, 14:00 – Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski"
Podcast "Naked Lunch" with Duško Krstevski and Anja Mugerli (Slovenia)
October 2nd, 17:00 – Small Cinema Hall, MKC
Podcast "Naked Lunch" with Duško Krstevski and Stefan Hertmans (Belgium)
October 2nd, 18:00 – Small Cinema Hall, MKC
Opening of the “BookStar” 2023 festival
October 2nd, 19:30 – Cinema "Frosina"
Author's speech – ceremonial speech by Lidija Dimkovska (Macedonia)
Welcoming word by the Ministry of culture of North Macedonia – Bisera Kostadinovska Stojčevska
Address by David Geer, Ambassador of the European Union to North Macedonia
Presentation of the “BookStar” 2023 award to Najat El Hachmi (Spain) for the novel "In Monday They Will Love Us"
"To Be a (Different) Woman"
October 2nd, 20:00 – Cinema "Frosina"
Conversation with the author Najat El Hachmi (Spain) – “BookStar” award 2023
Moderators: Aleksandar Madjarovski and Ana Jovkovska
"What Should Regional Literature Speak Up About?"
October 2nd, 21:00 – Cinema "Frosina"
Conversation with authors Drago Glamuzina (Croatia) and Branko Rosić (Serbia)
Moderators: Aleksandar Madjarovski and Ivan Šopov
Meeting between students and Lucie Faulerová (Czech Republic)
October 3rd, 9:30 a.m. – Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski"
Meeting between students and Najat El Hachmi (Spain)
October 3rd, 10:00 a.m. – Faculty of Philology "Blaže Koneski"
"Please Do Disturb” – book reading in the language preferable to writers
October 3rd, 12:00 p.m. – Skopje City library “Miladinovci Brothers”
Guest writers: Najat El Hachmi (Spain), Miljenko Jergović (Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina), Anja Mugerli (Slovenia), Francis Kirps (Luxembourg), Lucie Faulerová (Czech Republic), Stefan Hertmans (Belgium), Branko Rosić (Serbia), Drago Glamuzina (Croatia), Aleksandar Šurbatović (Serbia)
Host writers: Vlada Urošević, Lidija Dimkovska, Josip Kocev, Katerina Šoško, Davor Stojanovski, Nikolina Andova-Šopova, Ande Jankov, Simona Jovanoska, Aleksandar Rusjakov
Moderator: Ana Golejška Djikova
How to be a Slammer?
October 3rd, 4:00 p.m. – Small Cinema Hall, MKC
Creative workshop with Francis Kirps (Luxembourg)
Podcast "Naked Lunch" with Duško Krstevski and Miljenko Jergović
(Croatia/BiH)
October 3rd, 5:00 p.m. – Small Cinema Hall, MKC
Podcast "Naked Lunch" with Duško Krstevski and Francis Kirps
(Luxembourg)
October 3rd, 6:00 p.m. – Small Cinema Hall, MKC
"A Spare Fatherland from Our Time"
October 3rd, 19:00 – Cinema "Frosina"
Conversation with authors Miljenko Jergović (Croatia/BiH) and Lidija Dimkovska (Macedonia)
Moderators: Aleksandar Madjarovski and Biljana Crvenkovska
"Disturbing stories"
October 3rd, 8:00 p.m. – Cinema "Frosina"
Conversation with authors Stefan Hertmans (Belgium) and Francis Kirps (Luxembourg)
Moderators: Aleksandar Madjarovski and Biljana Crvenkovska
(Im)possible Match – Author and Translator
Panel within "Made in Europe: The Power of Diversity"
October 4th, 4:30 p.m. – Europe House – Skopje
Lucie Faulerová (Czech Republic) and Margareta Karajanova
Francis Kirps (Luxembourg) and Ksenija Čočkova
Anja Mugerli (Slovenia) and Davor Stojanovski
Žarko Kujundjiski and Mariangela Biancofiore (Italy)
Moderator: Duško Krstevski
Podcast "Naked Lunch"
with Duško Krstevski and Najat El Hachmi (Spain)
October 4th, 18:30
Small Cinema Hall, MKC
"I - Agatha Christie, I - Sophie Hannah"
October 4th, 8:00 p.m. – Cinema "Frosina"
Conversation with author Sophie Hannah (United Kingdom)
Moderators: Jordan Kocevski and Ande Jankov
Slam competition
October 4th, 9:00 p.m. – Cinema "Frosina"
Participants: Francis Kirps (Luxembourg), Perica Sardjoski, Marija Grubor, Lile Jovanoska, Igor Trpčeski, Gorazd Kenny Kitanovski, Anica Blaževska, Andrej Al-Asadi